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Broadleaf Woodsorrel

Oxalis latifolia Kunth

Derivation of specific name

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latifolia: broad-leaved
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Oxalis latifolia Kunth Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132820
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Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
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Description

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Perennial herb with numerous ovoid bulbs. Leaflets: lamina up to 7.5 × 5 cm, obtriangular in outline; apex emarginate with a broad shallow sinus. Flowers purple, in pseudumbels. Petals 10-16 mm. Capsule broadly cylindric, slightly longer than the sepals.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Oxalis latifolia Kunth Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132820
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
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Flora of Zimbabwe

Frequency

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Common (in its habitat)
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Oxalis latifolia Kunth Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132820
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
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Flora of Zimbabwe

Worldwide distribution

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Native to Tropical America; nowadays a widespread almost cosmopolitan weed.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Oxalis latifolia Kunth Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132820
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe